Dangerous Dog Owners and Prison
 

Dog owners whose pets harm others should be jailed for at least six months, according to strict new guidelines.

Its updated rules set a standard of six months in prison for anyone in charge of a dog which is dangerously out of control and injures a person or other animal.

The most serious cases, such as repeated attacks or where the victim is a child or elderly, should be punished more severely, with 18 months in jail.

The new rules also suggest that owners who let their dogs run dangerously out of control should face six months in jail even if no one is injured.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...nths-jail.html

AFAIC it's most often the owner who makes a dog dangerous, so I'm glad to see they will now be facing prison.

Re: Dangerous Dog Owners and Prison
 

Indeed and about time .The only bit i don't understand is the "repeated attacks" ,what does that mean because i thought any attack meant the dog would be destroyed

Re: Dangerous Dog Owners and Prison
 

That currently doesn't happen. It depends whether it's happened previously and the manor in which it was dealt with by the owner and the severity of the attack.